Farmer Bill’s Cowman

Lyrics

[Intro] It's an 'ard life when you're workin' on the farm [Verse 1] Down on the farm, I don't need no alarm I rise from me bed at five thirty Around six o'clock I puts on me smock I'm feeling like Burlington Bertie Out in the pen there's a broody old hen She gets as wild as a tiger You try to touch her egg and she'll bite off your leg I feeds her on faggots and cider [Chorus] (Come on now) La la la la Ooh arr, ooh arr arr They call me farmer Bill's cowman La la la la Ooh arr, ooh arr arr I'm proud to be farmer Bill's cowman (She were a proper little Rhode Island Red, she were) [Verse 2] I work very hard out in the yard Squelching around in the muck, sir A drink every night plays tricks with me sight I can't tell a drake from a duck, sir I felt such a fool, tried milking the bull He must have enjoyed it somehow, man Now every day at three, he comes and says, "I'm free!" That's why I'm farmer Bill's cowman [Chorus] (All together) La la la la Ooh arr, ooh arr arr They call me farmer Bill's cowman La la la la Ooh arr, ooh arr arr I'm proud to be farmer Bill's cowman (I think he got his eye on I) [Verse 3] Day after day, I labour away As work in the cowshed keeps piling With shovel and stick, I lays it on thick In spite of the sight I keep smiling Love at first sight, I loved her all right But she were engaged to the ploughman Now I'm her debonair Somerset millionaire I'm only farmer Bill's cowman [Chorus] La la la la Ooh arr, ooh arr arr They call me farmer Bill's cowman La la la lah Ooh arr, ooh arr arr I'm proud to be farmer Bill's cowman La la la la Ooh arr, ooh arr arr They call me farmer Bill's cowman La la la lah Ooh arr, ooh arr arr I'm proud to be farmer Bill's cowman La la la la Ooh arr, ooh arr arr They call me farmer Bill's cowman La la la lah Ooh arr, ooh arr arr I'm proud to be farmer Bill's cowman La la la la Ooh arr, ooh arr arr They call me farmer Bill's cowman La la la lah Ooh arr, ooh arr arr